the little bookshelf program and our partnership with junior league of baton rouge
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THE LITTLE BOOKSHELF PROGRAMand our partnership with Junior
League of Baton Rouge
The Little Bookshelf Program is about encouraging parents to read to children.
Our core program provides low income families with a newborn 12 free books to support them in reading to their baby from
birth.
We serve dads! We serve moms!
More dads! And more moms!
We have served hundreds of families!
All receiving books to read to their babies during infancy!
In addition to providing free books to low-income families, we have work together to promote early literacy through reading to children!
…and at Storytime at Burden
We have done this…
…in several of its gardens!
…at LSU AgCenter’s AgMagic
We have even dressed up in costume on occasion to make it more fun for the kids!
You might ask, how did this happen?
Well, let me tell you a story!
Once upon a time there was a partnership… …between the
Junior League of Baton Rouge
and LSU AgCenter’s Little Bookshelf Program!
Providing books to parents to read to
A partnership for over 4 years!
their children as well as tips about reading!
The partners encourage early literacy!
THE PARTNERS WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE EARLY LITERACY
IN OUR COMMUNITY
We prepare lots of book to distribute to
low-income families with newborns!
Books, books & more books!Tens of thousands of books!
We have training meetings!
And we have planning meetings!
And more planning meetings!
We promote literacy at many special community events!
At Dr. Seuss birthday events at EHS
At the LSU Preschool Lab…
and taping public service announcements
…and at LSU AgCenter’s AgMagic
At LA Book Festival! At Burden Center Garden Fest!
One of our most recent endeavors!
Lots of fun!
Lots and lots of fun!
…and local a celebrity storyteller…
With crafts…
…and more crafts for kids!
…and stories for kids
Some of the books
we read included…
The crafts ranged
from ladybugs…
To butterflies!
To Lorax puppets
To crowns!
The sandwich board costumes we made were such fun for readings of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad books!
The costumes were a hit!
Another new activity for us this year was setting up reading corners at eleven classrooms at the YWCA Early Head Start ARC and Glen Oaks
Centers
We are so proud…
…of our reading corners at Early Head Start Centers!
We are having such… …rewarding experiences!
But the most important aspect of the partnership is getting those free books to children whose families might not otherwise be able to afford them!
Because its about helping parents help their kids to be literate ever after!
THE END
With many thanks to our great partner – The
Junior League of Baton Rouge!
Presented by Dr. Rebecca White
Professor and Program Director for The Little Bookshelf Program
For more information visitwww.lsuagcenter.com and
www.juniorleaguebr.org
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